A massive hit in China after smashing box office records to become the highest - grossing
domestic film of all time, Jiang Wen's action comedy «Let the Bullets Fly» sadly didn't have as much success overseas.
There may be no more successful actor working today than Chadwick Boseman — literally, given that Black Panther is the third - highest - grossing
domestic film of all time ($ 690 million and counting) and that Avengers: Infinity War just debuted with the most lucrative U.S. opening weekend in movie history.
Not exact matches
In fact, the last
time a year's highest - grossing
film also took home the Best Picture Oscar was in 2003, when the top
film was The Lord
of the Rings: The Return
of the King, which raked in more than $ 500 million in adjusted
domestic sales.
It also took third place in the race for the all -
time top - grossing (worldwide)
film of all -
time (at $ 1.33 million), and was the highest grossing (
domestic)
film of 2011.
A24 has
domestic distribution rights to the
film, and should certainly see some attention releasing the
film later this year around the
time of the 2016 presidential election.
The
film, which shattered both
domestic and international box office records, is Disney's highest - grossing global and
domestic release
of all
time and marked the studio's fifth
film to gross more than $ 1 billion worldwide.
Courtesy
of an unprecedented 15consecutive weeks at the apex
of the
domestic charts and strong internationalappeal, the
film became the leading box office hit
of all
time.
While the total overseas performance
of «Black Panther» is still yet to be determined, with Russia, Japan, and China getting the
film in the coming weeks, a
domestic total
of over $ 600 million is all but likely as the
film expected to knock it off the No. 1 spot on the charts, fellow Disney release «A Wrinkle In
Time,» doesn't come out until March 9.
Employment statistics for women in the director's chair are as grim as ever: only 9 percent
of the top 250
domestic grossing
films and 28 percent
of supposedly diverse festival
films had a female director in 2015; in TV, only 18 percent
of first -
time episodic directors were women over the five - year period from 2009 to 2014.
The success
of Catching Fire marks the first
time the first two installments
of a franchise have each topped $ 400 million at the
domestic box office, and both
films now rank among the top 15
domestic film releases in history.
For
films in their second weekend
of release, «Infinity War» had the second - biggest
domestic gross
of all
time.
With an additional $ 37 million expected for this weekend, the
film's
domestic haul should reach $ 552 million, which would make it the second best superhero release
of all
time, overtaking The Dark Knight.
Academy Award winning Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence (2012's Silver Linings Playbook) headlines the all - star cast in this action - adventure which became the # 1 movie
of 2013 and the 12th highest - grossing
film of all
time at the
domestic box office.
Women in Cinema: With the highest opening
of 2014 and the fifteenth highest opening
of all
time, at the
domestic box office, Mockingjay Part 1, which grossed nearly $ 122 million in its opening weekend, might inaccurately give the impression that female
films (starring, written by or directed by) are making progress at the box office.
It didn't get made for several years, with casting and directorial changes still keeping the
film behind schedule, and by the
time of its release in 1993, the mini-genre known as the
domestic thriller had past its peak.
And because it's just not a weekend at the movies in 2018 without Black Panther — currently at $ 665 million
domestic and counting — setting another record, the
film surpassed Titanic ($ 659 million) this past weekend to become the third highest - grossing
domestic release
of all
time.
Earlier this week, Forbes reported that at $ 665M, Black Panther had passed Titanic to become the 3rd highest
domestic grossing
film of all
time (unadjusted) and has earned $ 1.3 B worldwide.
This fresh mash - up
of two familiar
film formats won over audiences big
time last year, bringing its
domestic box office total to over $ 50 million.
It grossed over $ 820 million at the box office and is the sixth highest grossing superhero
film of all
time at the
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The
film earned $ 112.5 million in its second weekend at the
domestic box office, which is the second - highest second weekend
of all
time behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens» $ 149 million.
The
film was second only to Home Alone in its year
of release and remains the seventieth highest - grossing
film of all
time on the increasingly recency - biased
domestic gross chart.
She is presented with sympathy, especially as the
film delves into parental /
domestic violence and the class issue which was entirely omitted from the news coverage
of the
time.
Not differentiating between
films seen for the first or the second
time: ``...» Reels 1 - 5 (1988), A Child's Garden and the Serious Sea (1991), Crack Glass Eulogy (1992), Creation (1979), Faust 1 - 4 (1987 - 88), Passage Through a Ritual (1990), Sexual Meditations (1971 - 73), Star Garden (1974), The Governor (1977), The Horseman, The Woman, and the Moth (1968), Trip to Door - Jane and the Kids go to Town (1971), Stan Brakhage 17 Reasons Why (1987), Triste (1978 - 1996), Nathaniel Dorsky 1857 (Fool's Gold)(1981), Illuminated Texts (1982), Permutations and Combinations (1976), She Is Away (1976), The Art
of Worldly Wisdom (1979), R. Bruce Elder A Distant Echo (George Clark, 2016) A Film by Charles Baudelaire (1970), Au - delà de cette limite (1971), Berlin oder ein Traum mit Sahne (1974), La Bataille de Waterloo (1975), La Clef de l'horloge (1957), La Lune (1970), La Pipe Satire (1969), Monsieur Teste (1974), Projet pour un Poisson (1971), Un jardin d'hiver (1974), Un seconde d'éternité (1970), Marcel Broodthaers A Ilha dos Amores (1982), Mudar de Vida (1966), Paulo Rocha A Menina Maria (1972), As Três Graças (1972), Casa sobre Casa (1972), «Coisas» (1972 - 73), D. Jaime ou a Noite Portuguesa (1974) Manuela (1972), Murnau (1972), O Construtor de Anjos (1978), Padres (1975), Sem Título I (1972), Sem Título II (1973), Luís Noronha da Costa Ai - Yé (1950), Jazz
of Lights (1954), Ian Hugo Ana (1982), Jaime (António Reis, 1974), Rosa de Areia (1989), Trás - os - Montes (1976), António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro Anselmo and the Women (1986), Cosas de mi vida (1976), Señora con flores (1995/2011), Chick Strand
Domestic Blue (2005), Door # 2 - 37 (1997), Fancy (2006), Meat Dry 02 (1999), Nice Biscuit # 1 (2005), Red Rooster (1987), Sodom (1989), Luther Price As Above, so Below (1973), Larry Clark Ausländer: Teil 1 (1976), Die Donau rauf (1969), Dürfen sie wiederkommen?
With gross revenue
of $ 295 million (
domestic) and $ 954.5 million (worldwide), making it the third highest grossing
film of the series, at the
time.
With a new
domestic total
of $ 198.3 million, the
film is still 12 % behind where Mockingjay — Part 1 stood at this
time last year, but at least the final Hunger Games feature avoided the ignominy
of falling to second in its sophomore frame.
Fox's Victor Frankenstein has claimed the lowest
domestic opening
of all -
time for a
film in at least 2,500 venues.
Now that Deadpool has become the highest - grossing R - rated
film of all
time, and has even surpassed the
domestic box office numbers
of a
film like Batman v Superman: Dawn
of Justice, it's hard to believe that it was ever considered a risky move for 20th Century Fox.
Since its release in February, «Black Panther» has grossed $ 675 million at the
domestic box office, making it Marvel's No. 1
film overall (eclipsing the $ 623 million take
of 2012's «The Avengers») and the third - biggest moneymaker
of all -
time on these shores.
Universal's release strategy is meant to encourage people to see the
film in the premium formats and then use the buzz «to support the wider break this coming Friday,» Nick Carpou, Universal's head
of domestic distribution, told The
Times last week.
This record will be short - lived, as the
film will pass Titanic ($ 659.3 million) in short order to become the # 3 movie
of all
time at the
domestic box office.
The biggest worldwide box office hit in the genre was «Prince
Of Persia: The Sands
Of Time,» with $ 335 million worldwide, and that's a
film generally deemed to have been a flop («Lara Croft: Tomb Raider» is the biggest
domestic grosser, with $ 131 million).
On Monday, Black Panther added enough to its
domestic tally to pass Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck's 2013
film, Frozen ($ 1.276 billion), to break into the top 10 highest - grossing movies
of all -
time on the global chart.
After opening with October's second - highest
domestic haul
of all
time, the
film retained the top spot and managed only face a 31 % decline, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Focus Features VP
of domestic distribution Jim Orr told Deadline: «We're convinced that we have the potential for a successful
film with London Has Fallen and we want to give it all the
time it needs in its production and put it in the strongest possible release window.»
Although Deadpool 2 ($ 125 million
domestic) was able to inch ahead
of Stephen King's IT ($ 123.4 million
domestic) and score the second - largest
domestic opening
of all
time for an R - rated
film, it still came up short compared to the original Deadpool's record - setting $ 132.4 million
domestic debut, which got executives all over Hollywood buzzing about the possibilities for R - rated superheroes back in the spring
of 2016.
Chadwick Boseman, star
of Marvel's Black Panther graces the cover
of Time Magazine, one week ahead
of the
film's
domestic release.
Sexual abuse,
domestic violence, unequal pay, hazardous work environments, and almost no child custody rights in disputes with men... these were all commonplace at the
time, and the
film does a terrific job
of making the points without distracting from its central message.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens set a new all -
time domestic debut record this weekend with an estimated $ 248 million — and with a five - day international debut
of $ 281 million, the
film has taken in a whopping $ 529 million globally!
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